millibar
3
6.0
- noun
- /ˈmɪlɪˌbɑr/
- Specialized
:
milibar
- Average atmospheric pressure was 992.7 millibars (mb).
- millibars of pressure
- level at millibars
- hundred millibars
Examples
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Meteorologists recorded a drop in pressure to 950 millibars just before the storm hit.
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This is the first slide today, the 500 millibar chart.
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Satellite 's got it at 999 millibars now.
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Air pressure certainly causes changes in the weather, yet a 5-millibar change in the pressure today may lead to undetermined effects five days from now.
Academic text (1995) -
The pressure was 28.87 inches or 978 millibars.
Blog text (1) -
Nadine was moving to the east at 14 mph (22 kph) and had a minimum central pressure of 1000 millibars.
Blog text (6) -
Sandy's minimum central pressure at the time of landfall was 946 millibars or 27.93 inches.
Blog text (2) -
The weather forecast indicated that the atmospheric pressure was 1020 millibars today.
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On the summit of the mountain, the air pressure measured only 300 millibars.
How High
- Specialized
12
6.8
- Specialized
20
7.3
- Specialized
3
6.0
- Specialized
1
6.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word millibar is made of milli- meaning 'one thousandth' and bar meaning 'pressure' or 'weight', the same bar in barometer. So a millibar is a small unit of air pressure, one thousandth of a bar, which is why weather reports use it to show changes in atmospheric pressure.